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hair-like filaments. (9) An Homopterous insect from Cairns, com- 

 pletely enveloped beneath in a gi^owth of short bai'bed-looking 

 spines. (10) In three Spiders, also from Cairns, shortish, thickish, 

 and rather pointed growths spring from different pai"ts of the body. 

 (11) Two Wasps from Cuba have a longish stipes rising between 

 the anterior legs. I shall endeavour to have some of the most 

 interesting of these exhibits illustrated for a future meeting. 



Dr. Ramsay exhibited a number of rare birds from the late Mr. 

 T. H. Boyer-Bower's collection, for comparison with specimens of 

 allied species from New South Wales : — Astur cruentus, Gould, 

 W. A. ; uEgotheles leucogaster, Gould, W. A. ; Calamoherpe 

 australis, N. S. W. ; C. longirostris, Gould, W. A, ; Loj)hophaps 

 ferruginea, W. A. ; L. leucogaster, W. A. ; Ephthianura aurifrons, 

 N. S. W. ; E. crocea, W. A. ; Myiagra latirostris, W. A. ; 

 Estrelda hichenovii, Gould, N. S. W. ; E. annulosa, Gould, 

 W. A. ; FoepMla acuticauda, W. A. ; P. atropygicdis, Centl. 

 Aust. ; P. cincta, Queensland. 



